>
> This shows that the file was indeed written.  However, this also shows
> the problem.  You want this command instead:
>
>     gunzip -c generic-pc-1.0.img | dd of=/dev/hda bs=16k
>
> Which is what the installation instructions say at this url:
>
>     http://m0n0.ch/wall/installation_generic.php
>
>> However this does not boot. Any suggestions?
>
> The image file is compressed, and hence not bootable as it is.  You
> need
> to follow the installation instructions, and you shouldn't have any
> difficulty.
>
> hope this helps,
> jim
>

That's it. I'd written (on paper) the gunzip command down without the-c 
option which didn't work. Sure  enough, it works no problem now.

Thanks!
Aaron


BTW, if any are interested, slax is a nice bootable liveCD and is 
around 180MB in size. Works great!